Fulbright Scholar Katie Baird
studies in Spain

Associate Professor Katie Baird (IAS) was awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to lecture and study in Spain.

Baird, who has taught economic theory and public policy at UW Tacoma since 2000, is teaching economics and studying education policy at the University of Pais Vasco in Bilabo, Spain, this year.

“Being in Spain and participating in an academic community here is a fabulous opportunity, and I hope to make the most of it,” said Baird, who will return to UW Tacoma in fall of 2008. “I’m very curious to see what sort of differences there are here in teaching, students and assignments.”

Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, the Fulbright Program provides scholarships for students, scholars and teachers to travel abroad to lecture, study and observe the political, economic, educational and cultural institutions of other countries.

Pen:
Published works from the pens of UW Tacoma faculty and staff

John Banks (Environmental Science) “Time-varying Vital Rates in Ecotoxicology: Selective Pesticides and Aphid Population Dynamics.” Published in Ecological Modelling, 2007.

“Incorporating Ecologically Relevant Measures of Pesticide Effect for Estimating the Compatibility of Pesticides and Biocontrol Agents.” Published in Journal of Economic Entomology, 2007.

“Density-Dependent Response of the Pea Aphid (Hemiptera: Aphididae) to Imidacloprid.” Published in Journal of Entomological Science, 2007.

Ehsan Feroz (Milgard School of Business) “Toward an Empirical Institutional Governance Theory: Analysis of the Decisions by the 50 US State Governments to Adopt GAAP.” Published in the Journal of Corporate Ownership and Control, 2007.

“Equity Premium Puzzle: An Artificial Neural Networks Approach.” Published in Review of Accounting and Finance, 2007.

“A Productivity Growth Accounting Approach to the Ranking of the Developing and Developed Nations.” Published in The International Journal of Accounting, 2007.  

Marian Harris (Social Work) “African American Mothers and their Mothers: An Assessment of the Primary Object.” Published in Smith College Studies in Social Work, 2007.

“Decision Points in Child Welfare: An Action Research Model to Address Disproportionality.” Published in Children and Youth Services Review, 2007.

Janet Primomo (Nursing) “Changes in Political Astuteness After a Health Systems and Policy Course.” Published in Nurse Educator, 2007.

Josh Tenenberg (Institute of Technology) “Observing Sara: A Case Study of a Blind Person’s Interactions With Technology,” written with UW Tacoma student Kristen Shinohara. Paper presented at the International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Technology in Tempe, Ariz., 2007.

“Warren’s Question.” Paper presented at the International Computing Education Research Workshop in Atlanta, Ga., 2007.

“Opening the Door of the Computer Science Classroom: The Disciplinary Commons,” paper presented at the SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 2007.

ink:
UW Tacoma & its people in the news

“La morsa della Sec a Wall Street”
Nov. 12, 2007, Corriere della Serra (Italy)
Shahrokh Saudagaran, dean of the Milgard School of Business, was quoted in this article in Italy’s leading daily newspaper. The article quoted Saudagaran, an expert in international business, about the recent delisting of several Italian companies from the New York Stock Exchange.

“AIDS Patients Face Downside of Living Longer”
Jan. 6, 2008, New York Times
Professor Charles Emlet (Social Work) is quoted in this article from the front page of the New York Times. The article examines the unexpected medical conditions faced by AIDS patients who are living longer due to treatment. Emlet is a leading researcher in the effects of HIV/AIDS on older adults.

“Noted chemist will help guide UWT Urban Waters project”
Jan. 27, 2008, The News Tribune
Professor Joel Baker, the first appointee to the Port of Tacoma Chair, is the scientific director of Urban Waters, a new facility that will research and monitor pollution in Puget Sound from the Foss Waterway. His job is to develop UW Tacoma’s capacity for scientific research by focusing on problems of local interest.

“College Fair draws hundreds to UWT”
Jan. 27, 2008, The News Tribune
Hundreds of South Sound high-school students and other prospective college students filled the halls of UW Tacoma’s main academic buildings for the fifth annual South Sound College Fair Jan. 26. Advisers from 22 colleges and universities from across Washington gathered to offer information on admissions, financial aid and other higher-education opportunities.

“Students give teachers-to-be insight into WASL success”
March 6, 2008, Tacoma Weekly
Washington educators often struggle to find the best way to teach math—and future teachers have the burden of helping their students pass the Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL). One UW Tacoma Education professor, Julia Aguirre, is addressing this issue by inviting middle-school students into her classroom to share their ideas about math education and the WASL with student teachers.

shouts:
awards, shows & honors

Michelle Garner (Social Work) has received a $40,000 grant from the Substance Abuse Policy Research Program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to investigate possible barriers to accepting housing interventions and the role that religious and spiritual beliefs may play in accepting faith-based organization services and in health and mental health outcomes. She focused on this research during Winter Quarter 2008.

Marian Harris (Social Work) was appointed by Gov. Christine Gregoire to serve on the State Commission on African American Affairs in December 2007. Her term expires in November 2010.

Michael Honey (Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences) was awarded the Weyerhaeuser Living the Dream Award in January 2008. The award recognizes local individuals who consistently reflect the true meaning of Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech.

He also earned the Organization of American Historians’ Liberty Legacy Foundation Award for his book, Going Down Jericho Road: The Memphis Strike, Martin Luther King’s Last Campaign. The award is given annually for the best book on any aspect of United States civil rights struggle.

murmurs:
faculty presentations

John Banks (Environmental Science) spoke on “Differential Equation Models of Population Dynamics: Aphid Mortality Rate Estimation Techniques in Ecotoxology” at the annual meeting of the Entomological Society of America in San Diego, December 2007.

Spoke on "Insect Population Dynamics: Models & Experiments in Agriculture and Conservation" at the International Symposium on Mathematical Modeling and Computational Methods in Science and Engineering in Kobe, Japan, October 2007.

Spoke on "Agriculture & Conservation: Temperate and Tropical Research" at the Celebration of Scholarship Conference in Port Angeles, June 2007

Anthony D’Costa (Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences) spoke on “Politics, Institutional Change and Economy in India” at Copenhagen Business School in Denmark, February 2008.

Spoke on Globalization, Asian Talent and International Competitiveness at the Asia Business Forum in Copenhagen, Denmark, February 2008.

Participated in “A New India? Studying India in the Long Twentieth Century” at the British Association of South Asian Studies, University of Leicester, United Kingdom, in March 2007.

Delivered the Distinguished Research Award Lecture, “Doing Research at UWT,” at UW Tacoma, February 2008.

Sian Davies-Vollum (Environmental Science) presented the paper “The Accumulation of Organic Deposits During Avulsion: Examples from the Cumberland Marshes of Saskatchewan, Canada,” published in the Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs at the Geological Society of America conference in Denver, October 2007.

Charles Emlet (Social Work) presented the symposium “Multiple Research Methods Applied to Understanding the Stigma and Disclosure Experiences of HIV-infected Persons 50+ Years of Age” at the 60th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America in San Francisco, 2007.

Presented the paper “Truth and Consequences: Serostatus Disclosure among Older Adults with HIV/AIDS” at the 53rd annual Program Meeting of the Council on Social Work Education, October 2007.

Kelly Forrest (Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences) presented the workshop “The Adult Attachment Interview and Clinical Applications” at the Conference of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation in Philadelphia, November 2007.

Sharon Gavin Fought (Nursing) spoke at California’s Fall Statewide Conference of Deans and Directors of Nursing Education Programs in California with Gerianne Babbo, associate dean of Olympic College Nursing Programs, October 2007. The talk focused on the OC/UW Tacoma partnership, which supports faculty, staff and students as OC prepares to offer a Bachelor of Science and Nursing.

Claudia Gorbman (Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences) spoke about Music
in the Films of Agnes Varda at a conference at the Université Rennes 2 in France, 2007. The lecture was delivered in French.

Spoke about film music at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland in November 2007.

Spoke about popular songs in film at University of British Columbia in November 2007.

Divya McMillin (Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences) was an invited speaker at the International Conference on Children and Gender in Film and TV in Los Angeles in January. She spoke about two recent research projects, “Exploring Gender Identity Across the World” and “Television and Cultural Identity,” and participated in an international researchers’ roundtable on “Gender Representation Worldwide,” analyzing programming from more than 35 countries.